Lajedo (Lajes das Flores)

Lajedo
Civil Parish
Coat of arms
Official name: Freguesia da Fazenda das Lajes
Name origin: Portuguese for covered
Country  Portugal
Autonomous Region  Azores
Island Flores
Municipality Lajes das Flores
Localities Lajedo, Costa do Lajedo
Center Lajedo
 - elevation 119 m (390 ft)
 - coordinates 39°23′32″N 31°14′51.45″W / 39.39222°N 31.2476250°W / 39.39222; -31.2476250Coordinates: 39°23′32″N 31°14′51.45″W / 39.39222°N 31.2476250°W / 39.39222; -31.2476250
Highest point Picaroto
 - location Bugio
 - elevation 585 m (1,919 ft)
 - coordinates 39°24′6″N 31°14′10″W / 39.40167°N 31.23611°W / 39.40167; -31.23611
Lowest point Sea level
 - location Atlantic Ocean
 - elevation 0 m (0 ft)
Area 6.79 km2 (3 sq mi)
 - urban .15 km2 (0 sq mi)
Population 93 (2011)
Density 14 / km2 (36 / sq mi)
Settlement fl.1800
 - Civil Parish c.1823
LAU Junta Freguesia
 - location Rua do Grotão
President Junta Aurélio Arlindo Freitas Serpa (PS)
President Assembleia Anibal Ambrósio Freitas Serpa (PS)
Timezone Azores (UTC-1)
 - summer (DST) Azores (UTC0)
Postal Zone 9960-360
Area Code & Prefix (+351) 292 XXX-XXXX
Patron Saint Nossa Senhora dos Milagres
Website: http://www.cmlajesflores.com/lajedo/lajedo.htm

Lajedo is a civil parish in the municipality of Lajes das Flores on the island of Flores, in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 93,[1] in an area of 6.79 km².[2]

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